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This April 10, 2019, file photo shows a view of the site of an airstrike by Saudi-led coalition in Sanaa, Yemen. (Hani Mohammed/AP) More than 10,000 people have been reported killed in Yemen over the last five months, bringing the war’s total death toll to

Photo: Democracy Now! President Trump issued the second veto of his presidency Tuesday, blocking a congressional effort to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has killed thousands of civilians and sparked the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The War Powers Resolution was

Photo: Getty Images President Trump reportedly plans to ask for an overall defense budget of approximately $750 billion in 2020, including a Pentagon budget of $718 billion. CNN, citing two unidentified U.S. officials, reported that Trump will ask for about $544 billion for the base defense budget and another $9

Members of Common Defense meet with Sen. Bernie Sanders in Washington, D.C., on March 1, 2019. Photo: Ryan Harvey/Common Defense EIGHT MEMBERS OF Congress have taken a pledge to work to bring ongoing U.S. global military conflicts to a “responsible and expedient” end, the result of

A masked demonstrator wearing a detail of a 100 U.S. dollar bill protests the government’s plans to make a deal with the IMF and increase the price of utilities such as gas and electricity in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 14, 2018. Natacha Pisarenko | AP